Re: Compaq Proliant 800 6/400

Now that you have the F10 utilites installed, you need to get into the system configuration utiity (SCU) while in advanced mode. To do this, press F10 when you boot, and when you are at your first menu screen, press CTRL+A to enable advanced mode. Then, run the SCU. In the advanced area, there should be an entry for APIC (or something to that effect). Its at the bottom of the section that has the NMI options, and the Enable|Disable F1 prompt option. For your PII's, the APIC mode needs to be MAPPED, not Full Table, Mapped.

Set this value, press F10 to save, and follow the instructions until the server reboots.

Now, this alone will not make both processors show up in your OS. I cannot speak to the unix steps, but on windows, you need to update your machine type in the device manager. To do this, open the device manager, and under COMPUTER, you will see an entry, and you need to right-click it to update the driver.

You need to tell it to use MPS Multiprocessor PC. I have an 800, and that is what mine says.

BE SURE that you have a slipstreamed i386 folder for the version of the OS that you are running. You will be asked for the location of this folder when you update the driver. If you use the OEM folder from CD, you MUST re-apply the last service pack before you reboot. If you dont, you will bluescreen.